Speaker: Mr. Sanjay Gathia, Programme Manager at Asia Centre, has over 20 years’ experience with international, intergovernmental, regional organizations, NGOs, and media in Asia. His work spans organizational development, advocacy, capacity-building, and fundraising. 

He has trained and assessed operations for development and media workers in restricted environments, including six years in Myanmar with independent digital media, and integrates digital security into Asia Centre’s activities while coordinating with research and partnership managers.

Followed by Q and A with the Audience.

Registration link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdJuW9s7tyzoant4DFtVV0gNvL6u4ZpEEDRfKFkttpqXwg6EA/viewform

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(Collaboration: Asia Centre, Google, and Women in Security, Conflict Management and Peace, WISCOMP)

Conceptualised by Dr. Ashwani Kumar

Talk & Workshop from 10:00 to 13:00

Workshop on Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Techniques.

Organised by Dr. Ambuj Roy, Professor of Cardiology, Head, Skill, e-Learning & Telemedicine Facility, A.I.I.M.S., New Delhi.

Conducted by Prof. Rakesh Garg, A.I.I.M.S., New Delhi, & associates.

This session will help participants to recognize and respond to cardiac arrest and give high quality CPR. In addition, participants will also learn how to use Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs), which are medical devices used to restore normal heart rhythm.

Workshop on Assessment of Neurological Status

Conducted by Dr. Achal Kumar Srivastava & associates

In recognizing and responding to common Acute Neurological Disorders, a round table discussion with the members & staff members of IIC will be conducted based on how to improve your mental health. A questionnaire will be designed to evaluate the memory & related aspects

(Strictly for IIC members and staff members only)

At 16:00

A short talk on Brain Matters: Protecting Memory and Brain Health

Memory is an essential component of one’s life. Advancing age does give rise to memory impairment in certain people but the commonest cause of memory impairment in advancing age is Alzheimer's disease. Of the about 55 million people worldwide with dementia, 60% to 70% are estimated to have Alzheimer's disease

Followed by Panel Discussion on

Alzheimer’s Disease and other Dementia.

Speaker and Moderator: Dr. Achal Kumar Srivastava, Professor, Department of Neurology, AIIMS

Speaker: Dr. Rajesh Sagar, Prof., Department of Psychiatry, A.I.I.M.S, New Delhi and Dr Sushma Chawla, Founder President of Hope Ek ASHA (NGO)

Chair: Dr Ashwani Kumar

Followed by an interactive Q&A with the audience.

A festival of 16 exceptional nonfiction films from South Asia produced in the last two years. The festival encapsulates the flavors of the Subcontinent with films about people from India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.

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A festival of 16 exceptional nonfiction films from South Asia produced in the last two years. The festival encapsulates the flavors of the Subcontinent with films about people from India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.

Please click here for complete Schedule

A festival of 16 exceptional nonfiction films from South Asia produced in the last two years. The festival encapsulates the flavors of the Subcontinent with films about people from India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.

Please click here for complete Schedule

A festival of 16 exceptional nonfiction films from South Asia produced in the last two years. The festival encapsulates the flavors of the Subcontinent with films about people from India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka

Please click here for complete schedule

Raghu Rai: Waiting for the Divine

By Rachna Singh (Hawakal Publishers , 2024)

Discussants: Shri Raghu Rai, Renowned photographer and photojournalist ; Ms Roobina Karode, Director & Chief Curator, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA) ; Dr. Rachna Singh, Author of the book

Moderator: Mandira Nayar, Senior journalist

VACANCY

SAMHiTA: South Asian Manuscript Histories and Textual Archive

(Phase 2)

International Research Division

India International Centre, New Delhi 

With the support of Bharat Ki Soch – Foundation of ITC, India International Centre is starting a new project this year to expand and deepen the study of India’s texts, and to see how their insights might be integrated into contemporary policy and practice, in fields ranging from 

healing to ethics and statecraft.

IIC invites applications from suitable researchers and other professionals 

interested in South Asia’s textual traditions and their histories for the 

following two positions, 

1.  Senior Research Fellow

2.  Junior Research Fellow

    The scope of the research work, qualifications of the researchers required and the remunerations to be paid to them are given in the two attachments. 

    Applicants may apply online at irdiic@iicdelhi.in.  The last date for submitting the application is 31 August 2025.  The shortlisted applicants shall be invited for interaction in the first fortnight of the next month, i.e. September 2025.
 

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1. Senior Research Fellow

Location: New Delhi, India

Tasks: Research, Content Creation and Outreach 

To explore ideas and topics through consulting manuscripts and texts on Indian knowledge traditions to highlight select themes that reveal how the insights from early times might be relevant to contemporary policy and practice 

The Fellow is expected to: 

• Identify texts representative of the diversity of South Asian knowledge traditions

and create literature surveys, descriptions and excerpts, for creating anthologies on select themes

• Consult manuscript metadata, digitized texts and write short descriptions

• Synthesise existing studies on these in the form of a literature review

• Select passages for anthologization and transcription

• Translate passages into Hindi and English

• Convene educational activities like masterclasses and workshops with experts on the areas selected

• Assist in the organization of outreach activities like exhibitions, conferences, lectures

Output 

• Literature Survey

• Descriptions of texts and themes for creating anthologies 

• Translations and notes on select manuscripts

• Masterclasses and workshops, exhibitions

Timeline: Full-time, on all official working days 

Qualifications and Skills

• Essential

  • PhD Degree in South Asian languages (Sanskrit, Prakrit, Farsi, Tamil… with excellent knowledge of English language)/History/Archaeology/Religion/Art History

  • Editorial abilities

  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team

  • Three to five years’ work experience

• Desirable

  • Experience working on critical edition and collation

Remuneration: INR 85,800 per month
 

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2. Junior Research Fellow

Location: New Delhi, India

The Fellow is expected to have the capacity for: 

• Research

• Content Creation and Outreach 

• Be part of a team selecting images and drafting captions for exhibitions

• Interview experts for SAMHiTA’s newsletter

• Design social media posts 

• Foster online communities

Qualifications and Skills:

• Essential

  • Research experience coupled with Masters’ degree(s) in South Asian languages (Sanskrit, Prakrit, Farsi, Tamil…with excellent knowledge of English language)/History/Archaeology/Religion/Art History/ Library Science/Museology

  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team

  • One or two years’ work experience

• Desirable

  • Experience working on critical edition and collation

  • Video editing software, Canva

Remuneration: INR 51,700 per month

Khari Nadi
By Richa Nagar, Mumtaz Begum, and Shashikala Rai

Khari Nadi can be seen as the story of Mumtaz Begum, or as the many stories inspired by her courage — personal accounts, lived experiences — that confront us with the harsh truths of life while also pointing towards paths forward. It is, therefore, more than just a story or memoir; it becomes Khari Nadi.

Discussant: Richa Nagar, Shashikala Rai, authors of the book with critic Apoorvanand

Speaker: Dr. Akshaya Tankha, Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Washington, Seattle

Discussant: Dr. Annapurna Garimella, Art Historian and Designer

In 2005, chastened by the Baptist elders of a village in the predominantly Christian state of Nagaland in northeast India for making a “pagan statue” that could awaken the Tribal lake-spirit it visualized, Lepden Jamir defended his wood-carved sculpture by exclaiming, “I am a Naga and an artist.” Jamir’s embrace of and the villagers’ anxiety over the efficacy of the visualized icon go to the heart of what Tankha seeks to highlight in this talk: often dismissed as matters of 'belief', ideas like the sentience of matter are critical resources that artists mobilize to make situated claims about art, history, and place, and respond to the state’s hegemonic politics of inclusion.

(Collaboration: The Alkazi Foundation for the Arts)